Reviews by JayQue:

Winter Bottle. Great looking beer!!! Reddish amber, big pillowy off-white head with good retention and heavy lacing. Looks like a beer commercial in my pint glass. Smell is spicy and hoppy like Celebration Ale. Very pronounced and pleasant smell.

Taste reminds me of Celebration Ale as well but with more citrus than pine/resinous flavor. It is spicy like Celebration Ale with strong bitterness. The difference is a strong sweet malt presence in the middle of the taste experience. Strong hops up front and in the finish, but almost like a Barleywine in the middle.

Mouthfeel is rich and oily, with a crisp spiciness. Drinkability is good, but this is a big beer, a sipper not an all night guzzler.

More User Reviews:

In a pint glass this beer was a hazy red/brown color with a medium-sized tan head. It had a fruity aroma, as well as some biscuit. Cherry/dark fruit taste, bread, and a bunch of hops. Nice balance, sweet up front and hops bitterness at the end. Great beer.

A very interesting balance of malt and hop flavor. Usually, a beer has one or the other, but the Winter Yulesmith has both. Orange/Red/Brown color is interesting. Awesome mouthfeel. Hoppy and dry aftertaste. Spicy aroma.

I would recommend this beer to beer enthusiasts that have never drank it before. But if you're thinking about getting it for someone else, ask if they have already had it. You'd be better off spending your money on a Founder's six-pack, but it's worth a shot.

Drinkability: An above average amber where the alcohol hits hard. This is the first AleSmith offering that has not totally blown me away however. Not a bad beer, just one that I am not likely to pick up again.

The beer pours a reddish-amber color with a cream-colored head. The aroma is strong orange and citrus with some caramel malts. The flavor is bitter orange peel with a nice caramel malt backbone. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Poured from a 22 oz. bottle into a Surly Darkness chalice. Bottled on 10/07/13.

Appearance: Pours a deep and somewhat hazy amber red with a moderate amount of bubbles. Solid three fingers of off white head which slowly fade into a thinner creamy layer. Leaves a decent amount of lacing clinging to the glass.